A year ago, shock waves rippled through the arts world when the Pulitzer Prize in Music, almost always bestowed on a classical composer, was awarded to Kendrick Lamar’s album “DAMN.”“This is a big moment for hip-hop music and a big moment for the Pulitzers,” Dana Canedy, the prizes’ administrator, said then.“I never thought I’d be…

By Nicole Gallucci2019-04-08 14:18:13 UTC It’s been an entire month since Rami Malek’s promotional video for Mandarin Oriental hotels made the rounds on Twitter, and it’s still getting the meme treatment. On Saturday, evil Twitter genius @notsogosling shared an edit of the already creepy video in which Malek says he’s a fan of things like…

Parcast has tapped into our collective fascination with true crime by churning out 18 shows that tread the fine line between fact and crackpot conspiracy theories. The New York Times described its output (including podcasts Female Criminals, Unexplained Mysteries and Unsolved Murders) as a mix of “historical fact, pop psychology and rampant speculation.” Parcast promised…

The new PO-33 offers the same basic tools as the original, only this version houses “unique sounds” from electronic artist Steve Hauschildt (you may know him as a member of Emeralds). Hauschildt is an artist on the record label Ghostly International (also home to the likes of Com Truise and Tycho), which Teenage Engineering teamed…

South African jazz great Hugh Masekela performs at Westminster Abbey in London in 2012.Image: Leon Neal-WPA Pool/Getty Images By Marcus Gilmer2019-04-04 13:45:34 UTC On what would have been his 80th birthday, South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela was honored with a Google Doodle, hopefully exposing the musician to fans who may have never heard him…